Characteristics of convective processes and vertical vorticity from the tropical wave to tropical cyclone stage in a high-resolution numerical model simulation of tropical cyclone fay (2008)

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 896-915

  Wang, Zhuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH RESOLUTION SIMULATIONS; HIGH-RESOLUTION NUMERICAL MODELS; HORIZONTAL GRID SPACING; MEAN VERTICAL VELOCITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; TROPICAL CYCLOGENESIS; TRUNCATED LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTIONS; VERTICAL VORTICITY;

TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE; VELOCITY; VORTICITY;

HURRICANES;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; CYCLOGENESIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VORTICITY;

EID: 84896758155     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-13-0256.1     Document Type: Article

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